Antique Double-sided Painted DENT / REMOVED Sign on Pine Plank drawing on wood panel which is part of what

which is part of what I love about it

Small questions cards 2 1/2" x 1 1/2"

Blouch of Lancaster

held together it looks to me by just a couple of nails at the top and then a few more nailed in from the underside of the base

Someone not long ago either reframed it or replaced an old backing on the frame with a new piece of foam core

Antique Double-sided Painted DENT / REMOVED Sign on Pine Plank drawing on wood panel which is part of whatThere are lots of things I love about this old sign, which shows much better in person, including for the fact that the black painted letters are raised in slight relief. It appears to have been cut down on the right end from a larger sign when I first saw it I assumed the "DENT" once read DENTIST, and may have, but the "REMOVED" on the reverse side suggests it could have be the sign if a car repair shop, and perhaps DENT was just DENTS. I of course